Okay - I've decided to keep trudging thru and improving my skating skills so I can be a full blown WFTDA approved derby girl. I've been renting out our local (old) school gym and practicing honing my skating skills. It is really hard work. I also plan to drop at least 10 - 20 lbs by supplementing this with regular (forced) exercise. I will conquer. I will succeed.
I got some new skates coming - thanks to Bruised Boutique!!! They are so awesome. I decided to get the Riedell 165s Vixens because my Sure-Grip Rebels just weren't cutting it for me. Stupid narrow feet. I'm hoping these are loads better. I also got some new wrist guards, because - let's face it - the stink from my old ones could kill a fully grown man within 2 feet. Plus they are shredded to the point of no fixing...I think it's time to bury them. Maybe this will keep the squirrels out....
I also got some awesome Sure-Grip Fugitive wheels (blue) - hopefully they will work for my (ever improving) form. I also might be getting an upgrade on my knee pads as someone I know is selling theirs and I would love to have a better pair - especially for under cost (she wore them for a month). Now to get back to my bootie grinding...

Yea for Halloween! I love this time of year - the leaves start crisping up and turning wonderful colors, the air has a bit of a bite to it, and Thanksgiving & Christmas are right around the corner. Which means I better get my butt in gear and finish all my Christmas presents....

The rug monkeys were super happy - they got to go to their first school Halloween party. They went as a hippie & a hillbilly.....make me think of an 80's sitcom :)  Hope to post some more pics of finished products soon - enjoy the kiddos for now!

Ugh. Been so busy - working/knitting/crocheting up a storm. Taken some time off derby - we'll have to see if I can get fast enough to pass the WFTDA skillz test before I decide if I'm gonna come on back. Not too happy about the "rookie" team either....

Here's some pics of the new finished objects...

 

I am totally diggin' this weather though - I LOVE fall. Seriously. Dogs & kids get to run out in the yard and tire themselves out - garden's done & the tree rats (aka squirrels) are eating the leftovers.

Okay - so I should be like the best mom in the world. EVER.

I made cupcakes for the rug monkey's pre-school class and made awesome Dr. Seuss chocolates to go on top. I have some mad piping skills : 0 )


These were friggin' crazy - took - almost literally - all day from start to finish. But I think they look pretty good for someone who doesn't ever do stuff like this :) 

I will be doing this AGAIN for the birthday party in a couple of weeks - at least til then I can rest my hands and poor poor back....now for a bottle of wine. I've earned it!!  :)



<---  Finished product  - first two pics
bottom two pics are in production shots!  : )

Fun stuff. Still have a broken tailbone and not getting any better. Boo. But - on a good note - my garden is going crazy!!  I have loads and loads of Romas & cherry tomatoes and then I've got greeny beans coming out the wazoo.  Woohoo for garden goodness! I still can't figure out a way to keep the squirrels out. Maybe if I get Maggie & Roscoe to stand guard....  :)

Getting ready for the Philo Fall Festival - knitting up loads of hats, scarves & shawls....busy, busy, busy!! Here's the rug monkeys playing in the yard....

Been really busy this summer - tending the garden and making lots of knitty things...I just can't help it. I'm having a mad, passionate affair with yarn. I love it - the texture, the colors, the different fibers....(drool)

Once I get some time - I'll upload some more pics....until then, dream away...   : )

       Getting ready to take my WFTDA skills test at the end of the month - so busy, busy, busy! I love the feel of getting on my roller skates, and getting out on the floor getting ready to use my "assets" to pummel the crap outta people! Seriously - there is nothing like it!  : )  Hoping I will be fast enough by the end of the month to pass - I think I got all the rest of the skills...I hope!
      
       Getting ready to also put more new stuff in the shops! I've got some more fabrics and some more vintage goodies (Like this Hollie Hobbie sewing machine toy from 1975!) going in...so stop by and see!

     
        On a more depressing note, I think we need a real President - not a crappy politician who can't actually lead a country. This Gulf oil spill should have been taken care of when it first happened, NOT 58 days later when it's starting to threaten the lives of all the people who live within a couple hundred miles off of the coast. And the wildlife - who's gonna save them?? They are our source of food - even here in the Midwest - and jobs for many thousands of people. What have we done?? Do we really need oil this bad? Why can't we phase it out with other methods....I mean, for cryin' out loud - what did we do 100 years ago before plastics were invented? I think we need to look to the old ways to start saving our planet for our children. Not to say that everything we've done is bad - but we should think long and hard about our lifestyles and how we can change them so that we don't depend on companies like BP.....